Fertility preservation in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer: Quality of clinical practice guidelines and variations in recommendations

Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2216-2223

  Font Gonzalez, Anna ^a   Mulder, Renée L ^a   Loeffen, Erik A H ^b   Byrne, Julianne ^c   van Dulmen den Broeder, Eline ^d   van den Heuvel Eibrink, Marry M ^e   Hudson, Melissa M ^f   Kenney, Lisa B ^g   Levine, Jennifer M ^h   Tissing, Wim J E ^b   van de Wetering, Marianne D ^a   Kremer, Leontien C M ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BOYNE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Radiation Oncology   (Netherlands)

^f ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; evidence based medicine; fertility preservation; guidelines; pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977566555     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30047     Document Type: Article

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